"msadexchman" <msadexch***@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> We have an Exchange 2003 Org in a single domain/forest.  Recently, we
> bought a small company with about 200 users.  They too have their own
> AD/Forest and Exch2k3 Org (I'll call this the source).  The long term plan
> in 2008 is to consolidate all resources (users, desktops, servers, etc)
> from the source to our forest.  These users have already been set up with
> user accounts in our AD for other reasons.
>
> All of a sudden, because thier Exch2k3 server hardware is failing, they
> want to migrate their mailboxes off the server in thier Org and onto the
> server in our Org.  They don't have a problem haven't to always put in
> credentials when they open up Outlook.  So, since they already have user
> accounts in the target AD, can we simply "mail enable" them then user
> ExMerge to pull down the mailboxes to .pst files and then import them into
> the target mailbox? Or, is there an easier way?
>
> Also, we'll need to migrate their schedule free/busy information from the
> source to the target.  Basically, for now they want to sit down at the
> desk, log into the desktop with the source account/password and when they
> launch Outlook, have their mailbox on the target server and put in
> credentials.
>
> Is this technically possible?  I know it doesn't sound like best practice,
> but it's short term and a small amount of users.
>
> Thanks

"Ed Crowley [MVP]" <curspice@mvpsnospam.org> wrote in message
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> You can do that but you're going to break lots of things.  Seriously, you
> should consider using a third-party tool like Quest's migration suite.
> --
> Ed Crowley
> MVP - Exchange
> "Protecting the world from PSTs and brick backups!"
>
> "msadexchman" <msadexch***@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:0F709A3D-9FD3-4165-9E7A-B4110377CB78@microsoft.com...
>> Hello,
>>
>> We have an Exchange 2003 Org in a single domain/forest.  Recently, we
>> bought a small company with about 200 users.  They too have their own
>> AD/Forest and Exch2k3 Org (I'll call this the source).  The long term
>> plan in 2008 is to consolidate all resources (users, desktops, servers,
>> etc) from the source to our forest.  These users have already been set up
>> with user accounts in our AD for other reasons.
>>
>> All of a sudden, because thier Exch2k3 server hardware is failing, they
>> want to migrate their mailboxes off the server in thier Org and onto the
>> server in our Org.  They don't have a problem haven't to always put in
>> credentials when they open up Outlook.  So, since they already have user
>> accounts in the target AD, can we simply "mail enable" them then user
>> ExMerge to pull down the mailboxes to .pst files and then import them
>> into the target mailbox? Or, is there an easier way?
>>
>> Also, we'll need to migrate their schedule free/busy information from the
>> source to the target.  Basically, for now they want to sit down at the
>> desk, log into the desktop with the source account/password and when they
>> launch Outlook, have their mailbox on the target server and put in
>> credentials.
>>
>> Is this technically possible?  I know it doesn't sound like best
>> practice, but it's short term and a small amount of users.
>>
>> Thanks
>
>

"msadexchman" <msadexch***@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks Ed.  Could you give me a few examples of the risks we'll be taking?
> I'm pretty sure Quest has a minimum seat purchase and again, we're very
> small so we don't feel it warrants the investment as it's quite pricey.
>
> Personally, the only thing I can see running into an issue is the public
> folders/free busy.  Merging 200 mailboxes down to a pst (or even using the
> native ms exch migration tool for that matter) should be pretty straight
> forward.
>
> Any further information would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
>
> "Ed Crowley [MVP]" <curspice@mvpsnospam.org> wrote in message
> news:%23Re0ZINAIHA.3400@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> You can do that but you're going to break lots of things.  Seriously, you
>> should consider using a third-party tool like Quest's migration suite.
>> --
>> Ed Crowley
>> MVP - Exchange
>> "Protecting the world from PSTs and brick backups!"
>>
>> "msadexchman" <msadexch***@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:0F709A3D-9FD3-4165-9E7A-B4110377CB78@microsoft.com...
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> We have an Exchange 2003 Org in a single domain/forest.  Recently, we
>>> bought a small company with about 200 users.  They too have their own
>>> AD/Forest and Exch2k3 Org (I'll call this the source).  The long term
>>> plan in 2008 is to consolidate all resources (users, desktops, servers,
>>> etc) from the source to our forest.  These users have already been set
>>> up with user accounts in our AD for other reasons.
>>>
>>> All of a sudden, because thier Exch2k3 server hardware is failing, they
>>> want to migrate their mailboxes off the server in thier Org and onto the
>>> server in our Org.  They don't have a problem haven't to always put in
>>> credentials when they open up Outlook.  So, since they already have user
>>> accounts in the target AD, can we simply "mail enable" them then user
>>> ExMerge to pull down the mailboxes to .pst files and then import them
>>> into the target mailbox? Or, is there an easier way?
>>>
>>> Also, we'll need to migrate their schedule free/busy information from
>>> the source to the target.  Basically, for now they want to sit down at
>>> the desk, log into the desktop with the source account/password and when
>>> they launch Outlook, have their mailbox on the target server and put in
>>> credentials.
>>>
>>> Is this technically possible?  I know it doesn't sound like best
>>> practice, but it's short term and a small amount of users.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>
>>
>